The Nile River

**Nile River Article**
The Course of the Nile.ppt
http://www.touregypt.net/magazine/mag05012001/magf4a.htm
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/12three/386991
The Size of The Nile River
The Nile River is a River that Flows in Sudan and Egypt, is the longest river in the world (However, some scientists say that the Amazon is longer.). It is 6,671 Kilometers long, three to five kilometers wide, about 2,000 yards deep, and 300,350,000 kilometers squared of surface area. That's approximately five times the size of France.

The Resources of The Nile River

• Lake Plateau in East Africa
• Al-Jabal
• White Nile
• Blue Nile
• Atbara
• United Nile-North of Khartoum in The Sudan and Egypt
• Nile Delta

The Nile River's Course

• Rosetta River
• The Damietta River
• 1st Cataract
• Aswan Dam
• Lake Nasser
• 2nd Cataract
• 3rd Cataract
• 4th Cataract
• 5th Cataract
• Atbara River
• 6th Cataract
• Rahab River
• Dindar River
• White Nile
• Lake Tana
• Blue Nile
• Arab River
• Jur River
• Baro River
• Gilo River
• Mountain Nile
• Albert Nile
• Victoria Nile
• Lake Albert
• Lake Kyoga
• Lake Edward
• Lake Victoria
• Lac Kivu
• Kyaka River
• Note: Keep in mind that this is just a run-down of the map above, and the Nile River flows in the opposite direction.

The God of the Nile River's Name

The God of the Nile River's name is Hapi, or Hap. This may be useful on the quiz.....

Works Sited

Pearson Success. 6th Grade Social Studies Book
2002

Looklex Encyclopedia
<http://looklex.com/e.o/nile.htm>

Library Thinkquest.org
<http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/the_land/nile_river.shtml>

Discovery Streaming
<http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/>